Ultimately, we are responsible. In everything, in every choice – it is up to us to discern and act accordingly. God will open the doors, but we must choose to seek Him. That is an awesome responsibility. One we drop, pick-up, dismiss, lose sight of, search over, blame someone else for, and re-address on a daily basis. And most of that time, we are not even aware of it.
God wants into our lives. It is not our actions or our deeds which are important, but our relationship with God. That is all that is important. If we can get to that basic, everything else becomes so much easier. I often wonder why it is so hard to stay on this path.
I had a dream. (I do record my dreams.) There was a small path, barely noticeable in the grass, yet it is straight and clear. A highway is to the left. A four lane thoroughfare, divided, paved and thoroughly modern. It would seem the fastest way to go. The highway seems the “normal” way to go. But a roller coaster beckons to the right with the highs and lows and thrills along the way. Who knows what is next and where it might lead?
I have been on all three paths. I know them all. I have taken the thrilling yet devastating ride seeking a good time. I have also been left crying on the sidelines. I have stumbled back to find the straight little path. It is not big and it too goes down through the valleys, but it is clear enough.
Then again, I have wondered onto the highway, even maneuvered into the fast lane. I have schemed and lied, planned and climbed onto the corporate ladder. I have crashed and burned into the median. The straight little path seemed inviting then.
On and off I have gone to the left and to the right – yet the straight little path is clear enough. It sparkles in the cool moonlight to draw me back from my fallen state.
“The light and the way” – the little path is clear enough. Why do we find it so hard to stay upon it?
Posted by Darcy
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